So exciting to be at the #saveourwildisles reception in Westminster this evening. Fantastic to be in the company of citizens from the People's Assembly as well as business and community leaders, politicians and charity folk talking about how we can save nature in the UK.
Georgie Holmes-Skelton
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Dabbler in nature, heritage, climate policy. Head of Government Affairs for a UK conservation charity. @georgiefacing on IG and Twitter. All personal views.
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Ok. Proper #Introduction
I work on #publicpolicy issues including #climate #nature #heritage
Recent projects included a UK-wide citizens assembly that led to the #Peoplesplanfornature https://peoplesplanfornature.org/peoples-plan-nature
Former House of Commons clerk - retain a strong interest in #constitution #parliament #legislation. Current role keeps me close to #ukpolitics
General purpose #nerd - #TTRPG #DnD #SciFi #Fantasy
Can’t promise yet that I’ll stay, but willing to keep trying!
Mastodon feeling a bit like the summer house we’ve all retreated to for a little holiday rn. It’s nice, refreshing. Maybe we’ll stay this time.
Well. Here we are again. Last couple of times I’ve struggled over here to find the right folks to follow. Took me years to carefully curate my Twitter feed! But willing to give it another go, so all recommendations welcome - I’m a heritage/environment/climate/policy and all round nerd. Look forward to connecting.
📢 BREAKING ❗️
The govt dashboard of laws affected by the retained EU Bill has been updated.
1781 environmental regulations are in 🔭 covering pesticides, food, nature, air/water quality etc
This whopping increase of > 1200 laws shows the huge environmental risks of the bill.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ruthmchambers/status/1620074322269437952
Ruth Chambers on Twitter
“📢 BREAKING ❗️ The govt dashboard of laws affected by the retained EU Bill has been updated. 1781 environmental regulations are in 🔭 covering pesticides, food, nature, air/water quality etc This whopping increase of > 1200 laws shows the huge environmental risks of the bill.”
This week you may have seen the latest stage of the government's plans to scrap thousands of EU-era laws at the end of year. It's both complicated and important - and central to the idea and the reality of Brexit. Hopefully this 5 minute video helps explain it.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BBCRosAtkins/status/1616331247541682177
I’m sorry, what?
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Less than 7% of environment professionals are from ethnic minority backgrounds. We need you to help us break down the barriers and
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Apply for a New to Nature work placement:
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#NewtoNature #PlatinumJubilee
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GroundworkYouth/status/1616115303737442305
Three terrific @[email protected] blogs in the last two days. First, @[email protected] on Jacob Rees-Mogg's disastrous #REUL bill. "It’s legitimate for government to want to review inherited legislation, but not like this."
http://bit.ly/3XCkhg8 1/3
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ShaunSpiers1/status/1616142888383172611
We should all be very worried about new government powers to scrap UK environmental protections
This post is by Georgina Holmes-Skelton, head of government affairs at the National Trust and former House of Commons clerk. Much has been written about the risks posed to environmental protection …